06 · Business Insider
"What's behind the surge in oil prices"
Why it matters
Crude crossed $100 for the first time since July as Iran hit ten vessels and the Houthis blockaded Saudi Arabia's Red Sea export route.
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07 · The Washington Post
"Drivers face more pain as oil rockets back toward $100 per barrel"
Why it matters
Saudi Arabia's oil exports hit a thirteen-year low with both its primary shipping lanes disrupted at once.
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08 · The Washington Post
"Anthropic researcher resigns, warning of reckless race toward superintelligence"
Why it matters
An Anthropic researcher who posted greater-than-ten-percent odds that AI kills all humans within a decade has resigned, warning of a reckless race.
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09 · Puck
"Bernie's A.I. Oppenheimer Moment"
Why it matters
Ian Krietzberg finds the flaw in the Sanders and Casar superintelligence bill: nobody can agree what ASI is, so there is nothing to non-proliferate.
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10 · Business Insider
"The math solution causing a problem"
Why it matters
An NYU professor's Navier-Stokes progress was followed within a day by OpenAI's own solution, raising the question of model owners front-running users' work.
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11 · OpenAI
"A solution to the Navier–Stokes problem"
Why it matters
OpenAI's own Navier-Stokes solution followed an NYU professor's progress on the problem within a day.
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12 · Puck
"How Netflix Won the Lonesome Dove Rodeo"
Why it matters
Netflix took the entire Lonesome Dove tetralogy while Paramount never took a meeting.
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13 · Puck
"GQAnon: Inside Adam Baidawi's Uphill Battle at GQ"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, the Fox-Roku review and FAST TV's data problem.
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14 · Digiday
"WTF is a ghost creator?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, the Fox-Roku review and FAST TV's data problem.
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15 · Digiday
"WTF is the Amazon ad surcharge lawsuit?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media, the Fox-Roku review and FAST TV's data problem.
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16 · Digiday
"Future of TV Briefing: Where have all the cord-cutters gone?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the DOJ's Fox-Roku review and FAST TV's data problem.
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17 · Front Office Sports
"NFL Wants to Own Wednesday"
Why it matters
The NFL moved the Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl rematch to Wednesday, and it won't be the only Wednesday game this season.
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18 · Front Office Sports
"NBC ditches blended ratings for Nielsen NFL standard"
Why it matters
NBC Sports is abandoning its blended linear-plus-streaming audience math and reverting to Nielsen's standard.
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19 · Front Office Sports
"Shelton–Alcaraz ends at 3 a.m., renewing scheduling debate"
Why it matters
Ben Shelton beat Alcaraz in a match that ended at 3:33 a.m. Eastern, the latest finish in US Open history.
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20 · Puck
"College Football Goes to the Mattresses"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the NFL's new day of the week.
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